Pudil has been given a new lease of life under Luhukay. The Dutchman switched the 32-year-old from full-back to the centre of defence and Pudil produced a number of impressive displays in that position to help the Owls retain their second-tier status with three matches to spare.

He said: “The last ten games I think everything settled down.

“We knew how we had to play, a few injured players came back, obviously the squad got bigger. We played well, we were together, compact and I think we deserved the six games we won in the last 10.

“It’s absolutely brilliant and now we can have a little bit of a rest and take it into the next season because this season wasn’t great, everyone knows that, especially the first part of the season when we didn’t play well.

“We didn’t deserve much but we finished the season with confidence and let’s look forward.”